Actor Samuel L. Jackson (1948)

The animated comedy film, The Garfield Movie (2024), is based on the popular comic strip created by Jim Davis. It follows the story of an obese and lazy orange tabby cat named Garfield, who lives a life of luxury with his best friend, Odie the beagle, and their owner Jon Arbuckle. One fateful night, while sneaking a late-night snack, Garfield and Odie are captured by two dogs – a Shar Pei and a whippet – named Roland and Nolan. The unlikely duo takes them to an abandoned mall as prisoners. But luck is on their side when Garfield’s long-lost father, Vic, comes to their rescue. Despite their troubled ...

Secret Invasion (2023), an original miniseries on Disney+, is based on the 2008 Marvel Comics storyline of the same name. As the ninth addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this series by Marvel Studios shares continuity with its film franchise. Under the direction of Ali Selim and head writer Kyle Bradstreet, Secret Invasion follows Nick Fury and Talos as they uncover a plot by shapeshifting Skrulls aiming to conquer Earth. Taking place in present-day MCU, Fury teams up with his allies such as Everett Ross and Maria Hill, along with Talos who has built a life for himself on Earth. Together, they must race against time to stop an impending Skrull ...

The Marvels (2023) is an American superhero film inspired by Marvel Comics. It serves as the sequel to Captain Marvel (2019), a continuation of the miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022), and the 33rd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The story follows Carol Danvers as she destroys the Supreme Intelligence, the artificial leader of the Kree empire. This sparks a civil war on their home planet Hala, resulting in its gradual depletion over three decades without air, water, or sunlight. As new Kree leader Dar-Benn discovers one of the legendary Quantum Bands that were previously used for intergalactic travel, she uses it to forcefully open a ...

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) is an animated martial arts comedy film directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier, and Chris Bailey. It serves as a loose remake of the 1974 live-action film Blazing Saddles, and marks Koetsier and Bailey’s feature directorial debut. Set in a cat-inspired feudal Japan, the story centers around Ika Chu, a conniving high-ranking official of the Shogun. His desire to expand his palace poses a threat to the impoverished village of Kakamucho located nearby. In an attempt to ...

Spiral (2021) is an American horror-thriller directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and scripted by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. Serving as a stand-alone sequel to Jigsaw, the ninth installment of the Saw film series, the storyline centers around Detective Marv Bozwick, who, while off-duty at a Fourth of July parade, chases a thief into a sewer drain. Suddenly ambushed from behind by an unknown figure donning a pig mask, Bozwick awakens to find himself hanging above an active subway tunnel with only one ...

The Protégé (2021), an American action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell with a screenplay by Richard Wenk, follows the story of Anna, an assassin who was taken in and trained by Moody after he rescued her from a violent ordeal in Da Nang. Together, they traveled the world and completed high-profile contracts before settling down in England. While Anna runs a rare-book store, Moody resides in a grand manor house. On one fateful day, Rembrandt walks into Anna’s shop under the guise of buying a gift. In present times, Anna and Moody collaborate to take down a ...

The animated anthology series What If…? (2021–2024) is the fourth television installment from Marvel Studios in the popular Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Created by A. C. Bradley for Disney+, it explores alternate timelines within the multiverse and how major events from MCU films could have played out differently. The series features a star-studded cast, with Jeffrey Wright as the narrator known as the Watcher, and several MCU film actors reprising their roles. Bradley and director Bryan Andrews lead the ...

The film Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021) is an American action comedy directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O’Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy. The main character, Michael Bryce, takes a break from his bodyguarding career to vacation in Capri while he awaits the reinstatement of his license. However, his peace is interrupted when Sonia Kincaid finds him and convinces him to help rescue her hitman husband Darius, who has been kidnapped by ...

Shaft (2019) is a film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree, it is the fifth installment in the Shaft series and a direct sequel to the 2000 film of the same name. This was also

Glass (2019), a superhero movie written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and produced by Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock, and Ashwin Rajan, tells the story of David Dunn / The Overseer and his son Joseph as they search for the Horde. The Horde, a group of people who all worship the superhuman personality known as the Beast, are holding four cheerleaders hostage in an abandoned factory. Dunn manages to rescue the cheerleaders but finds himself face to face with the Beast before ...

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) is an American superhero movie centered on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was a joint production between Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, with distribution by Sony Pictures Releasing. In Ixtenco, Mexico, Nick Fury and Maria Hill investigate a strange storm and encounter the Earth Elemental. They are assisted by Quentin Beck, a powerful individual who defeats the creature. Impressed by his abilities, they recruit Beck to their team. Meanwhile, in New York City, the Midtown School of Science and Technology wraps up its school year after restarting due to the return of students who were previously disintegrated for five ...

Captain Marvel (2019) is an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 21st installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In 1995, Vers – a member of the Starforce team on the Kree Empire’s capital planet of Hala – suffers from amnesia and recurring nightmares involving an older woman. Under the guidance of her mentor Yon-Rogg, Vers learns to control her abilities while also being urged by the Supreme Intelligence – the ruling artificial intelligence of the Kree – to keep her emotions in check. ...

In 2018, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures released Incredibles 2 (2018), an American animated superhero film. After defeating Buddy Pine (aka Syndrome), the Parr family (aka the Incredibles) and Lucius Best (aka Frozone) battle the Underminer. Despite successfully thwarting his attempt to destroy city hall, they are unable to stop him from robbing a bank and escaping. This leads to the government shutting down the Superhero Relocation Program and denying supers financial aid. Violet’s classmate Tony Rydinger, whom she has a relationship with, discovers her true identity as a superhero. Agent Rick Dicker accidentally erases Tony’s memory of ...

The action comedy film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017), was directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O’Connor. After a devastating failed mission for a high-status client in Japan, former elite bodyguard Michael Bryce’s once impeccable reputation is now tarnished. Reduced to a lower class of protection work, Bryce is determined to redeem himself and jumps at the chance to escort notorious hitman Darius Kincaid from Manchester to the Hague as requested by Interpol. Although the job seems straightforward–transport Kincaid from one location to ...

Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, is an American monster film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It serves as a reboot of the King Kong franchise and the second installment in the MonsterVers. In 1944, two World War II fighter pilots – American Hank Marlow and Japanese Gunpei Ikari – parachute onto an island in the South Pacific after a dogfight. However, their close combat is interrupted by a giant ape. Almost three decades later, U.S. government agent Bill Randa recruits former British Special Air Service Captain James Conrad ...

In the fantasy film, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016), directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, Jake has grown up listening to his grandfather Abe’s tales of battling monsters at ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ on the island of Cairnholm. The residents, including the headmistress Miss Peregrine, possess supernatural abilities and are known as ‘Peculiars’. When Abe passes away with no explanation other than a clue to September 3rd, 1943, Jake follows the advice of Dr. Golan and travels to ...

Based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) is the 11th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The sequel to The Avengers (2012), it was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In Sokovia, a country in Eastern Europe, the Avengers—Tony Stark, Thor, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton—conduct a raid on a Hydra facility run by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. They encounter two of Strucker’s test subjects: Pietro, who possesses superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who has telepathic and telekinetic abilities. After apprehending Strucker and ...

The Hateful Eight (2015), an American Western film, was both written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. In the year 1877, Major Marquis Warren, a bounty hunter and Union Army veteran, makes his way to Red Rock, Wyoming with three dead bounties in tow. Stranded in a blizzard and with his horse out of commission, Warren hitches a ride on a stagecoach driven by O.B. Jackson. Also on board is John Ruth, known as ‘The Hangman’ for his profession as a bounty hunter, who has the fugitive ‘Crazy’ Daisy Domergue handcuffed to him for transport to her hanging in Red Rock. The two men had previously bonded ...

Director José Padilha brought the American science-fiction action film, RoboCop (2014), to life with screenwriters Joshua Zetumer, Edward Neumeier, and Michael Miner. This remake of the 1987 original is the fourth in the franchise. The story explores a futuristic world where multinational corporation OmniCorp introduces robotic peacekeepers to maintain law and order. CEO Raymond Sellars leads the company’s efforts to market this advanced technology to domestic law ...

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) is a film that follows the story of Harry Hart, a member of Kingsman, a private intelligence service founded by the British elite. In 1997, Harry’s colleague Lee Unwin sacrifices himself to save Harry. Feeling responsible for Lee’s death, Harry returns to London and gives his young son Gary ‘Eggsy’ a medal and an emergency assistance number. Seventeen years later, Eggsy is rebellious and has dropped out of training for the Royal Marines despite his abilities. When he gets arrested for stealing a car, he calls the emergency number given to him by Harry. This leads to Harry arranging his release and taking down ...